KEY_DOWN Problems

[XenElement]

Hey everyone! I have a virtual joystick that I am making for one of my games, and I'm having a problem with the KEY_DOWN command. Here's my code so far.

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, joyKeyDown);
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, joyKeyUp);

function joyKeyDown(joyEventGo:KeyboardEvent):void {
	if (joyEventGo.keyCode==Keyboard.LEFT) {
		joystick.gotoAndPlay(2);
	}
}

function joyKeyUp(joyEventStop:KeyboardEvent):void {
	if (joyEventStop.keyCode==Keyboard.LEFT) {
		joystick.gotoAndPlay(1);
	}
}

My problem is that I cant seem to get it to stop looping. I have a joystick in normal position in frame 1 of the joystick MC, and other positions in the other 4 frames.

Here's what my code makes the joystick do.

\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \

it flashes back and forth. I cant get it to stop pinging the function for gotoAndPlay, so it wont stop going to the right position.


Can someone please fix my code?


Thanks, Xen Element

[redjag]

Have you tried gotoAndStop()?

[XenElement]

Wow. It didn't work before, but I just tried it now and it worked! Thanks so much!

[XenElement]

The answer was, gotoAndStop(), because the stop part does not override the stop already in the MC frame like the gotoAndPlay() did.

Thank you very much, I can't believe I didn't see this before!

[5TonsOfFlax]

You probably want gotoAndStop instead of gotoAndPlay.

Also, if you are holding down your key, then the operating system will start sending repeated keypresses after a short delay. You could remove the listener until the KeyUp is detected.

Edit:

I'm slow on the draw today.